Podcast June 2009

Additional information associated with the June edition of the Fresh Expressions podcast.

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Hope Theatre Cafe

On the first Saturday evening of each month from February to July, Christchurch URC/Methodist Church is transformed into a café style performance venue. The audience will be seated around small tables and treated to free tea, coffee and home made cakes! The café will open at 7pm and the performance will start at 7.30pm.

Each month there will be a different professional Christian performer – theatre company, singer, musician or mime artist to name a few – who will share their message of the hope that they have in knowing Jesus, through their chosen art form. The performance will last for about an hour and a half and will be followed by a prayer and an opportunity to stay to chat or pray with someone if they wish.

The reason for Hope Theatre Café is that we want to provide a non-threatening venue to invite the local community to hear a message of hope through the accessible medium of theatre and the arts. The arts have a way of transcending barriers, of reaching the bits of us that other mediums just cannot reach. We have nothing against preaching a good gospel message but we have both been involved in theatre and the arts for many years and have experienced how powerful they can be.

If this article or our interview on the podcast has excited you or left you wondering what on earth we are on about, then come and visit Hope Theatre Café at Christchurch URC/Methodist Church. Come and engage ALL your senses: smell the coffee, taste the wonderful baking, see the transformation of the building, and feel the stress of the week drain away, as you engage with the hope we have in a wonderful saviour.

June 6: Simeon Wood – flautist (featuring Rev Darren Middleton)
July 4: Regarding Eve Theatre Co – Regarding Eve

We hope to see you there! Love and God bless, Rev. Darren and Anne Middleton.

Rochester Cathedral

FEIG, Gloucester

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What's on in June

Look out for us at the Chester and Guildford Synods in June

We are also going to Share the FEAST in Telford, as a variety of fresh expressions of church from across the West Midlands gather together to explore, share, learn and celebrate what God is doing through this move of mission. Please see the flier below for more information.

vision days

We are in Bradford on the 13th of June and Basingstoke, Stourbridge and Doncaster on the 20th of June. Please contact us for further information or go to the vision day pages.